Why does sin look for company?

(Post script as pre script: Some of you are not going to like this one.  I thought about not publishing it.  And I thought of Matt 10:33 (RSV), “but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.”  I try to keep my tongue in check and remain charitable, but [...]

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The fig avalanche

A fig avalanche is not a terribly bad thing to have happen to you.
It’s just that it’s taking over the kitchen counter, which I had finally gotten cleaned off.  My husband, who despises clutter of any kind, including lovely mementoes bought during Navy deployments, was happy to be able to actually see the kitchen counters [...]

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China’s real population problem

The paper today had a nice little side article about how China had approved a lifing on the restrictive one-child policy for those families with children who were killed or disabled during the massive collapses of schools during the Sichuan earthquakes.  It also had a separate article about parents of dead children being pressured to [...]

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I love Pixar! (work and happiness, again)

Every time I see a preview for a Pixar movie, I think, “Oh, no, this is the one they’re finally going to botch…”  A rat who wants to be a chef?  Yuck.  Bigshot racecar lost on Route 66?  Uh-oh, aren’t they going to make the hicks the joke?  Talking toys?  I dunno.  Ants, grasshoppers, and [...]

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Which savior are you following?

I notice that the papers are breathlessly following Obama’s international tour.  If I were following it, it would be to see whether or not the Germans managed to not laugh out loud at him after he had the gall to ask to use the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop.  I saw someone else blogging about hecklers [...]

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Absence and the heart

The saying goes, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
My oldest daughter left yesterday just before lunch to spend time with her grandparents out at the campground.  I can’t say I was sorry to see her go.  We had a rough start to the week, to put it mildly.
After she left and my brain had had [...]

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Black mermaids and Slovak t-shirts

My kids were watching “Dora saves the mermaids”  this morning.  I noticed that the mermaids were decidedly multi-ethnic.  Before that, we had watched “Ni-Hao, Kai-Lan,” a new Nickelodeon show about a young Chinese girl and her friends; some shows center on Chinese culture, and some are just fun.  (Not quite as good as Sagwa, but, [...]

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Work, rest, and being human

Christian churches used to remind their members that the Sabbath was supposed to be holy.  The traditional Catholic explanation of this was something along the lines of, “Do only the work you must do; Sunday is for God, family, and rest.”  Hospitals have to care for people, fires need to be fought, cows have to be milked, [...]

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If you think my kids should be dead…

My brother and his wife are expecting their first child.  While visiting a few weeks ago, the proud parents treated us to a full set of ultrasound photos and videos.  Ok, it looked a little weird to have a nearly perfect silhouette of the baby while being able to watch the two chambers of the [...]

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Welcome to the Political Housewyf!

As this is the first post of my blog, I figured I’d better give y’all a little idea of what I plan on writing about and where the name came from.   I hope to keep this interesting for you (and me); you’re welcome to comment, but keep it nice or at least polite!  You’re free [...]

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